The great paradox.

In 2021, the 365 nursing training institutes (Ifsi) received more than 689,000 application files on the Parcoursup post-baccalaureate orientation platform.

A record number of applications, since the Ministry of Higher Education listed 180,000 just four years ago.

A surge which is partly explained by the 2019 reform. Until then, candidates had to take a competition for each school to which they applied, with key registration fees and travel.

Since 2019, graduates apply on file with a maximum of ten Ifsi, through Parcoursup, free of charge or competition.

13% dropouts after the start of the school year in 2021

Except that it's enthusiasm at the end of the baccalaureate seems to fall downright then as shown by the wave of abandonment during training.

"The profession is highly valued and respected" in public opinion "but there is a gulf between training and the reality on the ground", says Mathilde Padilla, president of the federation of nursing students (Fnesi) recognition that the "attractive sector struggles to retain students, however.

Thus, two months after the start of the 2021 school year, nearly 13% of students have dropped out of their training, according to figures from 165 Ifsi sent to the Committee of Paramedical Training Institutes (Cefiec).

So many future nurses lost for a sector “with very significant recruitment needs”, recalls Amélie Roux, human resources manager for the French Hospital Federation (FHF).

"Orientation errors" and confrontation with the reality of the hospital

It is the confrontation with the reality of the hospital or other healthcare establishments, discovered during the internships, which is the first cause of abandonment by students during their course, points out Mathilde Padilla.

The Cefiec survey evokes, it, the "errors of orientation" and "personal reasons" pleaded by the students on the departure.

“The competition at least gave the students time to mature a project and think about the nursing profession,” says Michèle Appelshaeuser, president of Cefiec.

“The selection, where there is no longer an interview, is not suitable”, judged Rémi Salomon, president of the medical commission of the Hospitals of Paris, during his hearing in the Senate.

The “overabundant demand” for high school students wishing to become nurses “directs too many profiles to Ifsi who seem insufficiently motivated or prepared for the reality of training”, estimates a report from the Senate, published at the end of March.

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